Re: Can't mail out reliably

Re: Can't mail out reliably

[Keith O'Connell]

>>>>> "Kai" == Kai Großjohann <kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de> writes:

    >> What is the correct way to inform Gnus that the mail-out host
    >> is "smtp.blueyonder.co.uk".

    Kai> By default, Gnus invokes sendmail to send the mail.  (Most
    Kai> other MTAs provide a program called sendmail for
    Kai> compatibility reasons.)

That being the case, sylpheed also makes a call to "sendmail" which is
a reference to exim on my system and the mail gets out fine. 

Any other thoughts on what this problem might be down to? I am
convinced it is something of the "idiot-user" variety if only a light
can be shone on it!     :-)

-- 
Keith.    
 [Debian Woody & GNU Emacs 21.2.1 - Gnus v5.9.0]

Re: Can't mail out reliably

[Kai Großjohann]

"Andrew A. Raines" <drew@poured.net> writes:

> Massimiliano Mirra - bard <mmirra@libero.REMOVETHIS.it> writes:
>
>> Some servers might reject your mail if it has no valid `From '
>> address (ezmlm always does).
>
> Are you sure?  SMTP doesn't care about From_, let alone ezmlm.
> Maildir messages never contain it.
>
> Message headers are never parsed by transfer agents.  The envelope
> is set with MAIL FROM and RCPT TO.

The envelope from is often referred to as the From_ or "From " line,
as Unix mbox format stores it like that.

So Massimiliano meant to make sure that the envelope from is valid.
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Re: Can't mail out reliably

[Keith O'Connell]

Jason

> I'm not sure this sits well with the rest of your report, but are you
> sure your dial-up connection or your ISP aren't being blackholed?

	Absolutely certain as the Sylpheed setup on the same
	machine gets to every address with no problem

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